Day 0
We meet in the alpine climbing center of Chamonix for a dinner meeting to discuss the logistics of the trip.
Day 1
Today we take the amazing Aiguille du Midi tramway to access the Vallee Blanche. We spend the day touring the Vallee Blanche area to get acclimated and doing avalanche beacon practice before skiing down the Mer de Glace back to town...9,000 vertical feet and 16 miles.
Day 2
We begin the Haute Route Tour by taking the Grand Montets tram and skiing down to the Argentierre Glacier and up over the Col du Chardonnay. We descend to the Trient Hut where we spend the night.
Day 3
We have a great ski down to the Champex, Swizterland, down the Val d'arpette where we transfer by taxi to the ski resort village of Verbier. There we take the ski lifts back up to the high alpine terrain, have a great descent down to the Mone Forte Hut, where we spend the night.
Day 4
We leave the Monte Forte Hut and the Verbier area and make our way to towards the Prafleuri Hut across the Grand Deserts Glacier. Today there may be some extra time for some great ski descents in the area of the hut.
Day 5
Today we travel over the Col des Roux and then climb up to the Dix Hut
Day 6
This day is spent climbing up the Pigne d'Arolla and then making a fantastic descent down to the Vignettes Hut which occupies an amazing position.
Day 7
A long day, but one of the most spectacular ones as we ski across numerous cols and seven glaciers and then down the Stockli Glacier, passing under the Matterhorn before arriving in the town of Zermatt.
Day 8
This day is reserved as a weather day in case we need it during the tour or we will use it to do an off-piste tour in the Zermatt area. Possible options include ski tours and descents from the Kleine Matterhorn lift and into Italy before skiing all the way back to town.
